Security Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Yokota Air Base, Japan with the Department of Defense Education Activity's Security Management Division Force Protection Branch Pacific Section.

Federal employees at Yokota Air Base, Japan are currently entitled to receive a 15% Post Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.

The position may be eligible for situational telework as determined by the agency policy.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Specialized Experience Required: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

One year of specialized experience which includes: Applying diverse risk assessment methods and physical security requirements (e.g., Interagency Security Committee, Dept of Defense, etc.) to safeguard vulnerable personnel and/or facilities such as students, children, schools, recruiting stations, hospitals, reserve officer training corps organizations, etc.

Developing emergency response programs /standard response protocol for diverse locations such as leased office space, schools, recruiting stations, hospitals, reserve officer training corps organizations, etc.

Conducting on-site physical security or risk management assessments of diverse locations such as leased office space, schools, recruiting stations, hospitals, reserve officer training corps organizations, etc.

Implementing policies and procedures for force protection and emergency plans.

The definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11) Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Status candidates subject to the 5 year overseas rotation, who are currently overseas, must have enough time to meet the initial tour stated in the job announcement.

Waivers may not be granted to meet the 5 year limitation requirement.

Status applicants in their fourth year of an overseas assignment cannot be selected unless a waiver of the 5 year overseas service limitation requirement is approved. Be advised that effective Jan.

1 2018, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most civilian employee relocation allowances became taxable.

The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for the additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income.

RITA does not apply to new government employees or employees returning from an overseas assignment for the purpose of separation from Government service.

For more information, visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.html.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.

Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.

If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision.

You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement.

To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).

If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position.

To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility.

To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above.

Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Major Duties:

• Oversee a multi-discipline Force Protection Program that includes, Antiterrorism (AT), Physical Security (PHYSEC), Operations Security (OPSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), Foreign Travel (FT), and Emergency Management (EM).
• Serve as the district focal point for implementation of policies and procedures governing the DoDEA Force Protection Program.
• Conduct on-site physical security and risk management assessment inspections at assigned DoDEA facilities.
• Lead planner for Force Protection exercise program that includes various tabletop, mini-exercises, and annual full-scale exercises for DoDEA facilities.
• Implement, coordinate, and monitor Force Protection training for DoDEA employees (civilian/contractor) within their respective Area of Responsibility.
• Develop and test procedures to disseminate time-sensitive terrorist threat information during duty and non-duty hours to applicable regional and HQ DoDEA officials.